Colombo Cricket Club Ground

Colombo Cricket Club Ground in numbers

Colombo Cricket Club Ground, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, has staged 3 Tests in CricArcade's archives. The first was a Test between Sri Lanka and New Zealand in 1984, and the most recent international here was in 1987.

Of the 3 Tests played at Colombo Cricket Club Ground, 1 was drawn (33%), 0 won by the side batting first and 2 by the side batting second. Sri Lanka have played 3 of those Tests and won 1, lost 1 and drawn or tied 1, a win rate of 33%. Brendon Kuruppu has made more Test runs here than anyone, 201 in 1 innings with 1 hundred, and Richard Hadlee has taken the most wickets, 14 in 2 Tests. The highest total is New Zealand's 459 in 1984; the highest individual score Brendon Kuruppu's 201 not out against New Zealand in 1987; the best bowling Richard Hadlee's 5 for 29 in 1984.

Tests at Colombo Cricket Club Ground

3 Tests, 1984 to 1987. The first was Sri Lanka v New Zealand on 24 March 1984: New Zealand won by an innings and 61 runs.

First-innings totals by decade

Most recent matches

• Sri Lanka v New Zealand (Test, 16 April 1987): Match drawn
• Pakistan v Sri Lanka (Test, 14 March 1986): Sri Lanka won by 8 wickets
• Sri Lanka v New Zealand (Test, 24 March 1984): New Zealand won by an innings and 61 runs